Saving money isn’t really the point of hospice care. Helping dying patients have the best possible remaining life, followed by a good death, is really the purpose. But whether hospice care saves money has prompted debate for years. Ziad Obermeyer, assistant professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is quoted.
After the Boston Marathon bombings, more than 100 patients were evaluated for blast-related ear injuries, according to Massachusetts Eye and Ear. Ninety-four of those injured individuals elected to enroll in a prospective cohort, eight-institution study through Harvard Catalyst that began just after the bombings in April 2013. Alicia Quesnel, instructor in otology and laryngology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear,is the study’s senior author. Aaron Kyle Remenschneider, clinical fellow in otology and laryngology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear, is mentioned.
A Department of Education investigation into Harvard’s response to a sexual harassment case at the Medical School led the school to change how it handled such allegations in 2008, according to federal documents recently obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.
Around 150 members of the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers and Harvard faculty gathered in the Science Center on Monday afternoon to discuss strategies for improving employee health while keeping health care affordable. Event panelist Rushika Fernandopulle, clinical instructor in medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, is quoted.
A Harvard neuroscience professor has found that children of the indigenous population of the central Andes have been exposed to dangerously high levels of lead and mercury through the breast milk of their mothers. S. Allen Counter, Jr., clinical professor of neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, led the research.
Alcoholism damages white matter throughout the brain and this damage can be detected with brain scans, researchers report. Catherine Brawn Fortier, assistant professor of psychiatry at Boston VA Medical Center, is a study co-author.
After two bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon in April of last year, the initial focus was on the lives and the multiple limbs lost in the attack. But ear damage was the most common physical injury. A new report finds that many victims are still suffering from hearing loss and ear damage related to the blasts. Alicia Quesnel, instructor in otology and laryngology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear, is a senior author of the study.
A Harvard researcher became a viral sensation after he messed with Turkey’s president. Then he was accused of being a terrorist. Emrah Altindis, research fellow in medicine at Joslin Diabetes Center, is mentioned.
Lower truly may be better when it comes to cholesterol, according to a new study that finds that adding another drug to a statin to bring down levels of LDL or “bad” cholesterol modestly helps recent heart attack victims. Christopher Cannon, professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, led the research.
Taking a daily aspirin won’t prevent heart deaths in those without established heart disease, but taking the combination cholesterol-lowering drug ezetimibe plus simvastatin (Vytorin) could prevent heart attacks and strokes in high-risk heart patients who recently had a heart attack or life-threatening chest pain, according to new research. Christopher Cannon, professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, led the study.
